Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.

The grass is greener where you water it.

The challenge in meditation is not to eliminate thinking but to understand the nature of thought itself.

Intrinsically all living beings are Buddhas, just as ice and water are of the same substance.

The person who clings to nothing of the past, present and future, who has no attachment and no aversion, has no conceptual imprints.

The more clearly you see the arising and passing of phenomena, the less you will be attached to them.

Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.

Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.

Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.

What we call "I" is just a swinging door which moves when we inhale and when we exhale.

In the moment of anger, abandon anger but not the person. In the moment of attachment, abandon attachment but not the person.

Kindness is the solution to all of life's problems.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

What Zen wants us to do is to acquire an entirely new point of view whereby to look into the mysteries of life and the secrets of nature.

Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us.

If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything.

The development of wisdom requires both study and practice, both learning and direct experience.

The master's introduction is direct recognition of one's own nature. Meditation is maintaining the continuity of this recognition.

Through violence, you may solve one problem, but you sow the seeds for another.

Misery ceases to exist when we stop reacting to sensations.

The goal of meditation is not to reach some highest place, but to remain in the place where you already are.

In true vipassana practice, there is no room for likes and dislikes. There is only observation.

The true purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes.

Faith is not a commodity that you either have or don't have - it is an inner quality that unfolds as we learn to trust our own deepest experience.

Each moment of noting is a moment of purification, a moment of cultivating the path.

Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

Our task is to learn to see clearly what is happening in each moment, rather than be lost in our reactions and judgments.

At the bottom of great doubt lies great awakening. If you doubt fully, you will awaken fully.

The development of insight is gradual, but the realization of truth is sudden.

In the spiritual world there are no time divisions such as the past, present and future; for they have contracted themselves into a single moment of the present where life quivers in its true sense.

The secret of happiness is to want what you already have.

In the spring, hundreds of flowers; in autumn, a harvest moon; in the summer, a refreshing breeze; in winter, snow will accompany you. If useless things do not hang in your mind, any season is a good season for you.